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A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat.

Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.

The central canal of the spinal cord.

Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow.

Resembling marrow in appearance or consistency; as, a myeloid tumor.

m of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.

The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)

Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the myelonal, or spinal, nerves.

The Vertebrata.

One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast.

See under Yellow.

the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.

Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.

Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed. "Your night-eyed Tiberius." B. Jonson.

The lamprey.

An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser.

Nigh. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A brood or flock of pheasants.

A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

One who yields obedience. Holland.